John A. Felt
John A. Felt, machinist and manufacturer of the Acme Paint Burner, Kent, was born in Peterboro, Hillsborough Co., N. H., May 8, 1837, son of Stephen and Mary K. (Ames) Felt. He was reared and learned his trade in Peterboro. In 1855 he came to Ohio, locating in Norwalk, and working in the Lake Shore Railroad Shops for eleven years; then he moved to Fairfield, Huron County, where he remained one year, and in 1867 located in Kent, where he has been employed as a machinist in the railroad shops to the present time. On October 3, 1882, he received a patent on the Acme Paint Burner, designed to remove old paint from railroad cars, vehicles, furniture, etc., and has since been engaged in the manufacture of the same. Mr. Felt was married, August 1, 1860, to Emma A.. Willey, of Norwalk, Ohio, by whom he has two children: Cora A. and Elmer J. He is an active member of the I. O. O. F. In politics a Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885